decutio

Latin

Etymology

dē- +‎ quatiō (“to shake”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈku.ti.oː/, [d̪eːˈkʊt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈkut.t͡si.o/, [d̪eˈkut̪ː͡s̪io]

Verb

dēcutiō (present infinitive dēcutere, perfect active dēcussī, supine dēcussum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. (transitive) to shake off, throw aside

   Adeō tenerī rāmī sunt, ut laevī tactū digitī dēcutiantur.

   The branches are so soft that they can be shaken off by the touch of a left finger.

2. (transitive) to strike down

   Synonym: percutiō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of dēcutiō (third conjugation iō-variant)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dēcutiō		dēcutis		dēcutit		dēcutimus		dēcutitis		dēcutiunt
	imperfect	dēcutiēbam		dēcutiēbās		dēcutiēbat		dēcutiēbāmus		dēcutiēbātis		dēcutiēbant
	future	dēcutiam		dēcutiēs		dēcutiet		dēcutiēmus		dēcutiētis		dēcutient
	perfect	dēcussī		dēcussistī		dēcussit		dēcussimus		dēcussistis		dēcussērunt, dēcussēre
	pluperfect	dēcusseram		dēcusserās		dēcusserat		dēcusserāmus		dēcusserātis		dēcusserant
	future perfect	dēcusserō		dēcusseris		dēcusserit		dēcusserimus		dēcusseritis		dēcusserint
passive	present	dēcutior		dēcuteris, dēcutere		dēcutitur		dēcutimur		dēcutiminī		dēcutiuntur
	imperfect	dēcutiēbar		dēcutiēbāris, dēcutiēbāre		dēcutiēbātur		dēcutiēbāmur		dēcutiēbāminī		dēcutiēbantur
	future	dēcutiar		dēcutiēris, dēcutiēre		dēcutiētur		dēcutiēmur		dēcutiēminī		dēcutientur
	perfect	dēcussus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēcussus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēcussus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dēcutiam		dēcutiās		dēcutiat		dēcutiāmus		dēcutiātis		dēcutiant
	imperfect	dēcuterem		dēcuterēs		dēcuteret		dēcuterēmus		dēcuterētis		dēcuterent
	perfect	dēcusserim		dēcusserīs		dēcusserit		dēcusserīmus		dēcusserītis		dēcusserint
	pluperfect	dēcussissem		dēcussissēs		dēcussisset		dēcussissēmus		dēcussissētis		dēcussissent
passive	present	dēcutiar		dēcutiāris, dēcutiāre		dēcutiātur		dēcutiāmur		dēcutiāminī		dēcutiantur
	imperfect	dēcuterer		dēcuterēris, dēcuterēre		dēcuterētur		dēcuterēmur		dēcuterēminī		dēcuterentur
	perfect	dēcussus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēcussus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		dēcute		—		—		dēcutite		—
	future	—		dēcutitō		dēcutitō		—		dēcutitōte		dēcutiuntō
passive	present	—		dēcutere		—		—		dēcutiminī		—
	future	—		dēcutitor		dēcutitor		—		—		dēcutiuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		dēcutere			dēcutī			dēcutiēns			—
future		dēcussūrum esse			dēcussum īrī			dēcussūrus			dēcutiendus, dēcutiundus
perfect		dēcussisse			dēcussum esse			—			dēcussus
future perfect		—			dēcussum fore			—			—
perfect potential		dēcussūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		dēcutiendī		dēcutiendō		dēcutiendum		dēcutiendō		dēcussum		dēcussū

References

• “decutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “decutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers